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Tiffany's Favorite Movies
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Click on any title or cover to find the item in the SWAN Online Catalog.
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12 Angry Men
Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.
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Adventures In Babysitting
An unforgettable night is in store for a babysitter when, accompanied by her three young charges, she leaves suburbia for gritting, down-town Chicago to rescue her runaway friend. From skyscraper-stradding escapes to the stage of a blues club, this Top 10 box-office hit has all the mischief you'd expect from the writer of Gremlins.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
An easy going drama critic (Grant) discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.
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Cabin in the woods
Five college friends head for cabin in a remote forest and through a tattered diary left behind by a former inhabitant, begin to discover the deadly truth behind their lodging.
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Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
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Clue
When six strangers are invited to a party, they become involved in solving the mystery behind several murders.
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The Crow
A murdered man comes back to avenge his death and to protect the innocent.
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Dead Zone
A man awakens from a five-year coma to discover he has powers to see visions of the past, present and future.
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Departed
Rookie cop Billy Costigan infiltrates the mob to help bring boss Frank Costello down, but Costello has a mole of his own winning everyone's trust within the police department.
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Dressed to Kill
A sexually disturbed woman under analysis is murdered by a transvestite, who then goes after the witness to the crime.
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Evil Under the Sun
Hercule Poirot unravels a murder mystery involving a strangled actress on an elegant Mediterranean island.
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Foul Play
A librarian is propelled into a world of chase scenes and bizarre attempts on her life after she hears a secret code.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
The salesmen at a realty office are threated with the loss of their jobs, which causes one of them to steal the new leads.
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The Goonies
A group of misfit children set out to find a missing treasure with the map they found in an attic.
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Godfather DVD collection
The complete saga of the Mafia Corleone family, from Don Corleone's childhood in Sicily, his son Michael Corleone's rise to power and finally the struggle to succeed him. Contains, as originally released, the 3 Godfather films.
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Gosford Park
The lives and interactions among a group of upper class and their servants at a weekend hunting party in the English country, and a mysterious murder that occurs among them.
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Hamlet
Set in the nineteenth century, retells the story of Prince Hamlet who plots revenge after he discovers his uncle murdered his father, the king.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard thought responsible for his parents' deaths.
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His Girl Friday
A newspaper editor and his ex-wife star reporter exchange verbal insults in his effort to keep her on the job by offering her a prison story scoop.
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Kramer vs. Kramer
A man deals with the problems of single parenthood when his wife leaves him and his son, and then the problems which arise when she returns and wants her son back.
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Less Than Zero
Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
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Marathon Man
A Columbia graduate student becomes caught in a conspiracy surrounding a murderous Nazi fugitive.
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Minority Report
A special unit of police have developed a successful way to catch criminals before they commit their crimes.
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Miracle Worker
The story of Helen Keller and her guardian, Annie Sullivan, who broke through Helen's barriers of blindness and deafness to communicate with her.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Albert Finney plays Hercule Poirot who hopes to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
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Near Dark
On the highways of the American heartland, Mae's sensuality lures Caleb into a secret clan of savage vampires who prowl the night seeking victims.
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North by Northwest
Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an adman mistaken for a Federal intelligence agent trailing a group of ruthless spies.
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Ordinary People
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
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Philadelphia Story
Hepburn plays a Philadelphia socialite who has just divorced Grant and is looking for a new husband. Seeking to prevent an unfortunate wedding, Grant appears with Stewart who falls for Hepburn and keeps up with her biting wit and humor.
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Reservoir Dogs
A diamond heist falls apart and the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of their number is a cop.
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Seems Like Old Times
A man is forced to rob a bank by kidnappers and goes to his ex-wife for help. She must keep him out of the sight of her up-tight current husband, a district attorney.
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The Shining
The psychic powers of a young boy bring out the evil in an old hotel and drive his father insane, to the point that the father tries to murder everyone with an ax.
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Sid & Nancy
Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
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Sixteen Candles
It's Samantha Baker's sweet sixteen birthday and no one in her family remembers the occasion. She's a typical teen, enduring creepy freshman, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the Big Blonde on campus who stands between her and the boy of her dreams.
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Star Wars Trilogy
The story of rebel forces in a life-or-death struggle with the tyrant leaders of the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo team up with Princess Leia to overthrow the Imperial forces.
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Sybil
Tells the true story of a woman who coped with a horrific childhood by developing sixteen personalities and the doctor who was determined to help her.
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Tropic Thunder
While filming an action movie in the jungle, death and hilarity ensue as the lead actors believe the murderous heroin-producing gang they encounter is a part of the script.
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Wag the Dog
When the president is caught in a sex scandal less than two weeks before the election, the White House sends for "Mr. Fix-it." Washington spinmaster Conrad Brean needs a war to distract the public's attention and calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
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Weird Science
Computer whiz kids create the "perfect woman", and she guides them through several aspects of teenage life.
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